Comments on: Lining Up The Chances To Be Champion http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mat http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83355 Mat Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:15:58 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83355 Well Juve has the same apparel as referees in many sports too...what a coincidence :) Well Juve has the same apparel as referees in many sports too…what a coincidence :)

]]> By: Inara http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83336 Inara Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:55:20 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83336 So surely Ken Roberts can't stand in the way of <em>that</em>! So surely Ken Roberts can’t stand in the way of that!

]]> By: Inara http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83335 Inara Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:54:24 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83335 But...but...I thought Del Piero is the second coming of Christ! I mean you know God (well his earthly representatives known as referees) is on Juve's side. :P But…but…I thought Del Piero is the second coming of Christ! I mean you know God (well his earthly representatives known as referees) is on Juve’s side.

:P

]]> By: Ian http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83332 Ian Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:45:37 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83332 I don't know - I think there's a very even race in Scotland right now, with Celtic missing their fullbacks and with their star keeper going in for knee surgery ... anyway, it's an interesting system. I like Roma a lot more than Inter, so I hope your boys can prove this system wrong too. I don’t know – I think there’s a very even race in Scotland right now, with Celtic missing their fullbacks and with their star keeper going in for knee surgery … anyway, it’s an interesting system. I like Roma a lot more than Inter, so I hope your boys can prove this system wrong too.

]]> By: chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83328 chris Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:39:49 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83328 Ian, it doesn't seem like it would work, but those odds do seem pretty legitimate when looking at the future, current standings aside. I'd still like to see more details on how it works at a deeper level. Inara, then you obviously don't watch much Serie A, or check the standings. Or the papers where even Juve players admit that Roma and Inter are better. Don't let history cloud your judgment. * - Btw, these results I believe are before ManYoo's win last night. Ian, it doesn’t seem like it would work, but those odds do seem pretty legitimate when looking at the future, current standings aside. I’d still like to see more details on how it works at a deeper level.

Inara, then you obviously don’t watch much Serie A, or check the standings. Or the papers where even Juve players admit that Roma and Inter are better. Don’t let history cloud your judgment.

* – Btw, these results I believe are before ManYoo’s win last night.

]]> By: Ian http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83326 Ian Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:38:12 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83326 Well, the thing is, with a system like this, whoever is in the lead now is most likely to win, regardless of form, injuries, etc. Celtic has a huge advantage over Rangers this way, when their one-point advantage is, in reality, pretty small. It gets updated each week with new results, so it's always going to look accurate. Well, the thing is, with a system like this, whoever is in the lead now is most likely to win, regardless of form, injuries, etc. Celtic has a huge advantage over Rangers this way, when their one-point advantage is, in reality, pretty small. It gets updated each week with new results, so it’s always going to look accurate.

]]> By: Inara http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83323 Inara Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:32:26 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83323 The creepy thing is that it's kind of accurate, the way things are turning out. Though I would switch the odds between Roma and Juventus! :P The creepy thing is that it’s kind of accurate, the way things are turning out. Though I would switch the odds between Roma and Juventus! :P

]]> By: Ian http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83317 Ian Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:18:24 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/lining-up-the-chances-to-be-champion.html#comment-83317 It seems like treating all teams like they are equal makes this system pretty much useless for prediction of actual odds. Putting in a variable that makes it slightly more likely for a home team to win or draw rather than lose, and more likely for Manchester United to win than Derby on any given day would make it a little more robust. I would happily bet my house that Arsenal will win more matches than Derby, but in this system, they each have the equal chance to win every game. Still, neat toy. The fact that Arsenal can apparently lose seven matches out of 24 and still have a 100% chance of finishing first (because all the other top teams are handicapped by being considered the equals of relegation teams). We'll see about that one. It seems like treating all teams like they are equal makes this system pretty much useless for prediction of actual odds. Putting in a variable that makes it slightly more likely for a home team to win or draw rather than lose, and more likely for Manchester United to win than Derby on any given day would make it a little more robust. I would happily bet my house that Arsenal will win more matches than Derby, but in this system, they each have the equal chance to win every game. Still, neat toy. The fact that Arsenal can apparently lose seven matches out of 24 and still have a 100% chance of finishing first (because all the other top teams are handicapped by being considered the equals of relegation teams). We’ll see about that one.

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